Over the course of my life, I’ve learned that the one true test of any kind of love is time.

Everyone, including myself, says the word “forever” when they’re in it. We think our relationship will survive all of the highs and lows, fights and times when we’re apart. We think that it’s impossible to feel any less and that we’ll always feel that way. We shout our love from the rooftops for all to hear. We think that we’ve finally found the love we’ve been looking for our whole lives.

By Haley M. Walker | gargoyle@flagler.edu

My sweaty palms are planted firmly on either side of the plate. My mind is racing and it keeps my eyes from meeting my dinner on that plate. I am ravenous, but I can’t force myself to touch the food.

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The remarkable season is over.

The West Texas A&M University Lady Buffs defeated the Flagler College Saints 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 25-18, 27-25) in the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship semifinals.

By Drew Miller | gargoyle@flagler.edu

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By Lawrence Griffin | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Ben Matthews

The entire arena smelt of sweat, cheap deodorant and spilt mustard. The crowd was whipped into a frenzy as the ball smashed through the net – a slam dunk! Fans cheered all around the stadium, both insults and whooping joy. The basketball game between Flagler College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University on Dec. 2 was heated and exciting for all parties involved.

By Matthew Boyle | mboyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle
PHOTO CAPTION: Students, faculty and staff watch the Volleyball match in the student center.

Flagler College Sports Information Director John Jordan wishes he had thought of projecting live-streaming athletic events for the campus community before the National NCAA Division II Volleyball tournament.

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Saints defeated the Dowling College Golden Lions in three straight sets. The Saints won their 29th straight match and move into the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship Final Four.

By Emily Hoover | ehoover@flagler.edu
Photo by Josh Weaver

Amy Hendrickson performs at Stogies, Rendezvous and Mi Casa Café. She gets airtime on Flagler College radio. She’s a celebrity in a town of struggling artists.

By Gian Louis Thompson | gthompson@flagler.edu

The Flagler College Volleyball team arrived in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday night for the NCAA Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship.f

By Kerry Takach and Mary Elizabeth Fair | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo slideshow by Mary Elizabeth Fair

For Cassandra Helton, the owner of The Closet and designer of Helton Hill, the 4th annual Big Trunk Show at Café 11 is a huge event. The show allows local clothing, screen-print, jewelry and accessory designers to display and sell their wares to everyone who visits Café Eleven on the night in question. This year, that night happened to be Nov. 12.

By Kaitlyn Teabo | kteabo@flagler.edu

Despite the inherent costs of the annual Nights of Lights, Travis Sheltra, owner of Pizzalleys on Saint George Street, believes it is just what this town needs.

By Lauren Belcher | CBelcher@flagler.edu

This week’s Student Government Association meeting ended with President David Matulewicz thanking all the members for their support. This was the last meeting of the semester.

By Priscilla Muller | gargoyle@flagler.edu

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo by Matthew Boyle

PHOTO CAPTION: Chuck Riffenburg created the proposal for a Flagler College Hunger Initiative. The initiative will grow food for the hungry and homeless in St. Augustine.

Riffenburg is First Chair of Student Government Association’s Green Committee. Along with friend Joshua Currie, Riffenburg created the Flagler College Hunger Initiative. He is also an intern for CitySprout and is helping build the garden boxes in Lincolnville.

Relationships are like base-running.

Yes, I know baseball season is over, but many recent events have reaffirmed how important it is to make choices that you want, not what anyone else wants. And it sparked yet another Kim Hartman baseball-life analogy.

In January 2010, the Flagler College Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapter launched Mission: Media, a program that lets St. Augustine’s Boys and Girls Club children control the news for a day.

In Mission: Media, the children generate and develop story ideas in a “news budget” meeting that SPJ members lead before heading out into the field. Each SPJ member guides a few children through the city and helps them find and interview sources. After the children finish reporting, they return to the Flagler College Gargoyle office to write and publish their work here.